Tom Turpin (1871–1922)

Harlem Rag, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Turpin wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 2243 of the piece's 3479 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 3 of 7, where the piece as written is level 4.

Level: 3 of 7
As written: Level 4
Notes: 1236 of 3479
Key signature: no sharps or flats
Time: 2/4
Length: 256 bars

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The whole easy version1236 notes

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The first 8 bars of Harlem Rag, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 4, and all 4 of its versions are on Harlem Rag's page.

Score typeset by Stan Sanderson for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Tom Turpin died in 1922. Credits